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PRH tight-lipped on Obama delay report Penguin Random House has declined to make any public comment on a press report that Barack Obama’s post-White House memoir has been pushed back until 2020. At the Bertelsmann annual results press conference in March, PRH c.e.o. Markus Dohle reiterated that he “hoped” the book would be out this autumn, following…

International sales ‘increasingly important in 2019’, predict publishers Publishers will increasingly look to international territories for growth this year in the face of a stable but flat domestic market, according to industry leaders giving The Bookseller their predictions for what 2019 holds for the trade. Yet paradoxically the terms of many international trading relationships are currently uncertain…

Failure to protect exhaustion rights ‘will fatally undermine UK publishing’, warns Trollope Novelist Joanna Trollope has warned that Theresa May’s government will “fatally undermine the whole UK publishing industry” if it fails to protect in law the UK position on exhaustion rights ahead of a major Brexit vote next week. Trollope joined fellow authors Linda…

South African publishers investigated for alleged price-fixing The Publishers’ Association of South Africa (PASA) and its 91 members are under investigation by the country’s competition authority over alleged price-fixing on books. PASA, which is the largest publishing industry body in South Africa, comprises publishers including the South African branches of international publishers Oxford University Press, Taylor…

Publishers take on planet’s ‘plastic pandemic’ Two more publishers are wading into the market for books educating the public about plastic’s ruinous impact on the environment and what humanity can do to help clean up its act. Ebury has revealed it is releasing an “eco-friendly” guide in May by Martin Dorey, founder of international anti-plastic movement the…

Macmillan celebrates 175 years of publishing Macmillan is celebrating 175 years of publishing in 2018 with an initiative for independent booksellers, roundtable events and the reissue of “one of the most successful anthologies in literary history”. The publisher is using the anniversary, marking the founding of the company by brothers Daniel and Alexander Macmillan in…

‘Bewilderment’ among staff as PRH derecognises unions Published December 19, 2016 by Benedicte Page Penguin Random House has derecognised the National Union of Journalists and Unite for collective bargaining with its management. The move, which breaks a particularly strong history of good relations between unions and management on the Penguin side of the business, is…

Collection of pastiche illustrations, which declares itself ‘shamelessly offensive’, has been withdrawn from sale after Twitter storm Sick humour … Bad Little Children’s Books cover. Photograph: Abrams Books Danuta Kean Tuesday 6 December 2016 The author of a parody collection of children’s book covers from “more innocent times”, has asked for his book to be…

Failure to reach a deal could result in Amazon freezing pre-orders or slowing down delivery of Penguin Random House titles Penguin Random House is said to have a strong negotiating position with Amazon because of its huge catalogue of titles. Photograph: Sarah Lee/the Guardian Jennifer Rankin Monday 25 May 2015 19.08 BSTLast modified on Tuesday…